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Psychologist: ‘Parenting Correctness’ Leading Parents Astray 0
- Culture
- November 15, 2016
The other day, NPR published a glowing article describing the decline in spanking over the last several decades. Parents, it seems, are resorting to other forms of non-physical punishment, including “time-outs.” I thought this was interesting, particularly since the generation that grew up under this switch in discipline methods seems to now be exhibiting signs
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9 Eyebrow-Raising Numbers From Trump’s Surprising Win 0
- Economics
- November 14, 2016
We are still in the immediate aftermath of the US Presidential Elections, a surprise upset result that has resulted in millions of words being written and many surveys, postmortems, predictions and howls of anguish and triumph being unleashed. So here’s one more to that pile. As I mentioned in my last blogpost before the election,
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Why Big Media Got Trump and Brexit So Wrong 0
- International
- November 14, 2016
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election, the US media has embarked on a flurry of self recrimination. Much of what they discuss applies equally to the UK media and the problems with news coverage of the EU referendum. There is no doubt the two big political campaigns of 2016 have thrown into stark relief
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Why Men Love Tinder and Women Hate it 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2016
The last two years has seen an explosion of dating apps such as Tinder and Precisely. Predictions about the impact of these apps can veer into the extreme, many foreseeing a breakdown in communication and “traditional” dating practices. Amid these calls, it can be observed that this is somewhat premature. Yes, dating apps have enjoyed
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How an Ancient Philosopher Predicted the 2016 Election 0
- Philosophy
- November 14, 2016
Many people depend upon polls to predict the outcome of elections. What pollsters do appeals to all the prejudices of the post-Enlightenment modern mind: They employ a distinctive technique (thank you Rene Descartes), they focus on empirical evidence (thank you Francis Bacon), and they invoke the mathematical forms of statistics (thank you John Graunt and
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Why Schools Should Teach Rational Discourse 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2016
The day before the 2016 election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a revealing story on the state of rational discourse in today’s schools. The story centered on two young men – Elijah Rockhold and Sam Buisman – from the public high school in Chanhassen, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Although Rockhold and Buisman are
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